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IAM Policy Map

TranslateReadOnly

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Summary

Provides read-only access to Amazon Translate.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN
arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/TranslateReadOnly
Default version
v7
Created
Last edited
Services
cloudwatch, comprehend, translate

Control-plane actions (9)

By access level: 3 List, 6 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
ServiceGrantedAccess levels and limitsGranted by
Comprehend1 of 851 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditionalcomprehend:DetectDominantLanguage
Translate8 of 193 List, 5 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditionaltranslate:DescribeTextTranslationJob, translate:GetParallelData, translate:GetTerminology, translate:ListParallelData, translate:ListTerminologies, translate:ListTextTranslationJobs, translate:TranslateDocument, translate:TranslateText
Comprehend: 1 actions
  • comprehend:DetectDominantLanguage (Read)
Translate: 8 actions
  • translate:DescribeTextTranslationJob (Read)
  • translate:GetParallelData (Read)
  • translate:GetTerminology (Read)
  • translate:ListParallelData (List)
  • translate:ListTerminologies (List)
  • translate:ListTextTranslationJobs (List)
  • translate:TranslateDocument (Read)
  • translate:TranslateText (Read)

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 1 List, 1 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
ServiceGrantedAccess levels and limitsGranted by
CloudWatch2 of 51 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditionalcloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics, cloudwatch:ListMetrics
CloudWatch: 2 actions
  • cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics (Read)
  • cloudwatch:ListMetrics (List)

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

  • Grants only List and Read actions.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "translate:TranslateText",
        "translate:TranslateDocument",
        "translate:GetTerminology",
        "translate:ListTerminologies",
        "translate:ListTextTranslationJobs",
        "translate:DescribeTextTranslationJob",
        "translate:GetParallelData",
        "translate:ListParallelData",
        "comprehend:DetectDominantLanguage",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v7, edited by AWS on 2023-05-24. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/TranslateReadOnly
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/TranslateReadOnly
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/TranslateReadOnly

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/TranslateReadOnly

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "translatereadonly" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/TranslateReadOnly"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("TranslateReadOnly"),
);

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.